Atlantic City Marathon | |
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Date | October |
Location | Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
Event type | Road (about 8 mi (13 km) on a boardwalk) [1] |
Distance | Marathon |
Established | 1960[a] |
Official site | https://www.acraceseries.com/event-information |
Participants | 623 finishers (2019) [6] |
The Atlantic City Marathon is the third oldest active marathon in the United States. [7] It typically takes place the third weekend in October.
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Course map of full marathon in 2019 [8] |
The marathon runs on a loop course that begins and ends in front of Bally's Atlantic City, with about 8 mi (13 km) of the race being run on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. [8] [1]
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